The Emmy-winning actor voices legendary writer Ralph Waldo Emerson in PBS's new 'Henry David Thoreau' docuseries ...

The writer of Walden has been flattened into a caricature, but Henry David Thoreau was much more than a "prophetic hermit," ...

PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...

Ken Burns produces the first-ever documentary on Henry David Thoreau, which moves beyond famous one-liners to explore his ...

George Clooney, Meryl Streep and other voice actors had to be persuaded, but a new PBS documentary (mostly) leads by example in stressing the first syllable.

PBS takes up three hours of prime time this week for a Ken Burns-produced documentary about Henry David Thoreau that is a lovely film to behold.

Henry David Thoreau is a man for the modern era. The 19th-century writer and naturalist is the subject of a new three-hour ...

I just finished my own deep dive into Thoreau as part of a 19th-century American literature course. While this hardly makes ...

Nineteenth century author Henry David Thoreau did just that, on July 4, 1845, at Walden Pond in Concord. His famous two-year ...

Like many hopeful sojourners have done, Henry David Thoreau came to Minnesota in 1861 seeking to regain his health. Thoreau, ...

Ken Burns’s new three-part documentary shows why it’s not too late for us to learn from the great naturalist ...